Horseshoe



(ModeL) ELK; MORSE.

Horseshoe. No. 240,447. v Patented April 19,1881.

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H'ORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,447, dated April 19, 1881.

Application filed January 15, 1881.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD K. MoRsE, of Fall River, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

Figure l is a plan view of my improvement, partly in section. Fig. 2 is an under-side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the same, taken through the line a: m, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of the same, taken through the line 3 3 Fig. 1. Fig. .5 is a plan view of a part of the same, the locking-plate being shown as turned back. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of a part of the same, showing the side flange unfastened.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the application of sharp-calked shoes to and their removal from ordinary shoes while upon the horses feet.

The invention consists in constructing a sharp-calked supplementary shoe to fit the lower side of an ordinary shoe between its toe and heel calks, the said supplementary shoe being provided with lips at its too and heel, to overlap the upper side of the inner edge of the said ordinary shoe, and having a locking-plate connected with its rear end by cam-headed pivots, so that the supplementary shoe can be attached to and detached from an ordinary shoe while upon a horses foot by swinging the locking-plate in and out upon its pivots, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents an ordinary horseshoe.

B is a supplementary shoe, which is made of such a size as to fit in between the toe-call; C and the heel-calks D of the shoe A. The shoe B is made light, and is provided with sharp toe and heel calks E F, formed upon or attached to it in such positions as to be upon the inner sides of and close to the calks O D. The forward part of the shoe B projects inward beyond the forward part of the shoe A, and has a flange or lip, Gr, formed upon it, to overlap the upper side of the inner edge of the said shoe A, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5.

Upon the inner edge of the rear or end parts of the shoe B are formed lips or flanges H,

(ModeL) bear, are so formed as to serve as cams, when the said plate is swung back, to draw the ends of the shoe B inward or toward each other, so as to withdraw the lips H from the shoe A, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and allow the shoe B to be inserted and removed. The rear parts of the side edges of the plate I are so formed as to press against the inner edges of the rear parts of the shoe B when the plate I is swung forward into the cavity of the said shoe B and force the said rear parts outward, causing the lips H to engage with the shoe A, and thus lock the shoe B in place. The forward end of the plate I is so formed as to overlap the inner edge of the forward part of the shoe B, and has a hole formed in it to receive the screw K, which is screwed into a screw-hole in the forward part of the shoe B, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, to fasten the shoe B securely in place.

With this construction the driver can have a set ofthe shoes B and plates I fitted to the ordinary shoes upon his horses feet, so that whenever necessary, and wherever he may be, he can apply them to the horses feet without the aid of a blacksmith.

\Vith this construction the plate I prevents snow from entering the hollow of the horses feet, and thus prevents balling. The plate I also protects the hollows of the horses feet when sore or tender, and thus allows them to heal.

Having thus fully described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. As animproved article of manufacture, a sharp-calked supplementary horseshoe, constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting of the shoe B, provided with lips G H, and the plate I, provided with ICU cam-headed pivots J, to adapt the shoe to be shown and described, whereby a horse can .be applied to an ordinary shoe While upon ahorses sharp-shod Without removing his ordinary foot, as set forth. shoes, as set forth.

2. The combination, with an ordinary shoe, EDWARD K. MORSE. 5 A, of the sharp-oalked supplementary shoe B, Witnesses:

having lips G H, and looking-plate I, having R. M. WINSLOW,

cam-headed pivots J, substantially as herein RONALD CAMERON. 

